Crossword clues for parried
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parry \Par"ry\ (p[a^]r"r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parried (p[a^]r"r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying.] [F. par['e], p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t.]
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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
--Locke.Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw.
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To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
The French government has parried the payment of our claims.
--E. Everett.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastparry)
WordNet
n. a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch, counter]
[also: parried]
v. impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" [syn: block, deflect]
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
[also: parried]
See parry
Usage examples of "parried".
He dodged and parried with his own dagger, hardly picking anything off cleanly, but deflecting the missiles so that they did not, at least, catch him squarely.
The elf parried and backed, dodged easily and twirled aside, letting Tunevec's furious charge go right past.
The two combatants parried and countered, with the dwarf actually gaining a bit of an advantage.
Twinkle gleamed wickedly as Drizzt parried away Agatha's frantic blows.
He feinted and cut, sliced and parried, in harmony to offset every move the demodand made.
Neither one blinked, not when the breeze of Drizzt's high slice moved the hair atop the assassin's head, not when Entreri's sword thrust came to a parried stop a hairsbreadth from Drizzt's eye.
Drizzt's following strike from the other side was not parried but went in short as Entreri shifted his foot and fell back a step.
She parried and countered, scoring another hit, laughing all the while.
The young woman scampered and parried, trying to get far enough from the gnomes to regain her footing, but they paced her, every which way, banging their mauls with shortened, measured strokes so that this fast-tiring dark elf had no opportunities for clear counterstrikes.
Drizzt was too quick, and could strike her blade near its tip with one scimitar, while the other alternately parried low, batting the opposite way near the hilt.
Always the drow parried the lightning sword, but each hit jolted him and hurt him.
He parried Morik's thrust, backing all the while as the man leaped down to the road.
The barbarian pumped out a right cross as he parried, hitting the man hard in the chest, lifting him from his feet and throwing him across the deck, where he lay broken on his back.
Nothing short of brilliant, the woman parried a sword, an axe, and another spear—one, two, three —and still managed to step out to the side suddenly, stabbing an orc who had expected her to move forward.
Ryld parried with Splitter's edge, hoping to snap the Godeep weapons master's long sword as he had the rapier.